murdock



G. J. MURDOGK (No Model.)

Patented June 13,1882.

'Illu' llllllllll WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. MURDOOK, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,574, dated June 13, 1882.

Application iiled November 2S, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J. MURDOCK, a citizen ot' theUnitedStates,residin gat Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and use ful Improvementsin Magnetic Combs, ofwhich the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

illy invention relates to a magnetic comb; and it consists in embodying in a hair-comb magnets in such manner as to produce a mag netic comb capable in practice of withdrawing by attraction from the hair ofthe head during the operation of combing such iron and steel dust as may have been collected there, and for relieving nervous and other forms ot'headache.

In the drawings, Figure] is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, showing a moditication of Fig. l and the details of construction. Fig. 3 is a plan view and elevation of a modification thereof.

A represents an ordinary hair-comb, proyided with the magnet B, rigidly secured by the screws E and E, or by other ordinary mechanical expedient, to the back thereof, and extending longitudinally in a line parallelto its teeth.

O and O mark line apertures extending Ver tically between each tooth to the magnet-,which are designed to permit the magnetic attraction to be exercised unhindered by the intermediate strip, G, of the comb.

I do not restrict myself to any single or specitic method of securing the magnet to the comb. It may be dividedin sections, as shown in Fig. 2, and inclosed in thebaek ot'thecomb, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and secured thereto by ordinary mechanical expedient.

In Fig. 3 the magnet is shown to consist of longitudinal and parallel slips connected at either end thereof and on top by the bridge H. It also serves to render more iniiexible and to strengthen the back of the comb.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In amagnetic hair-comb, the vertical oritices C O, back of comb D, and magnets B, substantially as shown and specified.

In testimony whereofI aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. MURDOOK.

Witnesses M. J. MoPl-IEEsoN, L. A. KNOX. 

